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Csound abbrevations/mnemonics

Date1998-05-03 13:47
FromDrew Skyfyre
SubjectCsound abbrevations/mnemonics
Ahoy !

Would it be possible for someone to put together a dictionary/thesaurus 
of all Csound abbrevations/mnemonics ?


Just a simple list would be great,like "oscil = oscillator".It can be  
migraine inducing looking at 'words' like  
envlpx,noctdft,ifxdbak,isizea,garvbsig,poscil.

Orwellian!

I believe it would be of immense help to newbies and even some 
veterans.I,for one,would be very grateful.
--------------------------------
About =cw4t7abs,I find those messages more than annoying,but he/her/it 
appears to say some interesting things,from what I sometimes decipher.To 
each his/her/it's own.There's room for all sorts.One of the nice things 
about today's world is that ,unlike Van Gogh's time, eccentrics don't 
HAVE to go insane and kill themselves.

Cheers,
Drew

Date1998-05-04 02:29
FromWayne Freno
SubjectRe: Csound abbrevations/mnemonics
You can tell when you look at Csound abbreviations that it was
written in C.  That kind of word contraction is typical of C.
During these days a cheap storage/memory I don't know why 
programmers still contract words so much, I thought it used to
be done during 20Meg hard drive days.  I guess it saves keystrokes.

I think anyone who is familiar with Csound
(given the inclination) should be able to do what you are asking, it
is all pretty well explained in the manual.  As for myself, I am hoping
the Boulanger book due out this summer will be like an
introductory book on programming which would teach both the language
and what things actually mean.  (not like the manual)

On Sun, 3 May 1998, Drew Skyfyre wrote:

> Would it be possible for someone to put together a dictionary/thesaurus 
> of all Csound abbrevations/mnemonics ?
> 
> Just a simple list would be great,like "oscil = oscillator".It can be  
> migraine inducing looking at 'words' like  
> envlpx,noctdft,ifxdbak,isizea,garvbsig,poscil.
> 
> Orwellian!
> 
> I believe it would be of immense help to newbies and even some 
> veterans.I,for one,would be very grateful.
> --------------------------------
> About =cw4t7abs,I find those messages more than annoying,but he/her/it 
> appears to say some interesting things,from what I sometimes decipher.To 
> each his/her/it's own.There's room for all sorts.One of the nice things 
> about today's world is that ,unlike Van Gogh's time, eccentrics don't 
> HAVE to go insane and kill themselves.
> 
> Cheers,
> Drew
> 
> 

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